10 Scariest Villains Of The Decade (So Far)

10. Malus Thorm - Baldur's Gate 3

Baldur's Gate 3 has no shortage of unsettling villains. If anything, it's bursting at the seams with enemies who could snatch a place on this list. Still, while the likes of Orin the Red and Balthazar will get your blood pumping, the dreaded Malus Thorm will freeze your veins straight up. 

Thorm is a twisted surgeon you can encounter within the Shadow-Cursed Lands in the ironically named House of Healing. It's ironic because he's more in the business of hurting his patients than helping them. 

This disturbing monster is a follower of Shar, meaning he celebrates pain and suffering. As such, he performs heinous acts of mutilation with a methodical coldness and brutality. His painfully clinical approach to torture will send a chill up your spine, as will his creepy, Silent Hill-like nurses. 

His design is also haunting, with mechanical arms giving him bladed fingers - all the better for torture - and his mutilated face sporting a constant grin that shows just how much he loves to hurt others.